Baggage-truck.



L. B. FERGUSON.

BAGGAGE TRUCK.

APPLlcmoN FILED nzc.22. 1915.

Patented Oct. 30, 191'?.

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citizenfof the UnitedfStates, and agresident of, Monroe, in ,-theffparish if of 1 Quachita and State of Louisiana, have rinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in,` Baggage- Trucks, of which,y thefollowing arpspeci-pI mary 1 object ofmy invention Vbeing -to provide in `connection with `the yusual truck i co'nf struction, certainiattachments or additions,- in the interest ofsafety, both lrtofpassengers,a and pedestrians 1 andy the vrailway property. in f connection with which the truckisnutiliaed. Furtherand moregparticularly, anobgect of my invention is to provide certain meansfor effectingv verticalmovement of the truck handle to an elevated position sufficient toy eliminate i all `danger` 'of tripping over0| the@ handle as present in its usual position rest-.el

ing upon the ground.

A further and particular object of my invention is to provide a brake member engageable with one of the wheels of the truck, together with automatic means for eecting engagement of the brake with the wheel when the handle of the truck is released, so as to cheek further movement of the truck and prevent the same from running wild on the platform to the danger of passengers, or upon the railway track to the danger of the rolling stock.

A still further object of my invention is to provide such means for the above purpose as will effect simultaneous raising of the handle and application of the brake member through simple and inexpensive changes to the ordinary truck structure, and without interference with its complete op eration in use as at present.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in which my invention is illustrated:

Figure l is a perspective view of the forward portion of a baggage truck, illustrating the application of my improvements thereto.

F ig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating my improvements in connection with certain parts of the truck.

Fie'- .3, is horizental Sectional rieure-ken substantially on line. 3,-3 ofFigf 2.

KFig'. l is agdetail`A horiaontahsection-substantially onlineft-llof `Fig, 2.

.f Referring now to' l these figures, I A,have

generallygshownfthemain fframe of a bag.A Vgage truck at, Ain Figi, supported upon wheels 'of which 1 the forward wheels are shown at B.

The handle C by which the truckis 4moyed from p-lacelto placeispin accordance with my invention, securely bolted to-thevforward upturned end D vof a pairr of side frame bars Dwflared outwardlyintermediate their ends in aA rearward' directiomand `extend- F as .shownin Fig. 2, and between-,said

ing rearwardly upon opposite sides of the sand board E to which is securedthefaxle' sandboard E and the wheelsv B, `and :hav-

ingtheir rear yends'connected .by a-transverse.` weight yD2 sufficient g to elevate ,the 1 han- Y dle C to an upwardly inclined position as shown in F ig. l when. released, the frame includingy the several parts just mentioned, being intermediately pivoted to the sand board by means of the bolts E extending through side bars D, one of which is plainly seen in Fig. 4.

Securely mounted upon the angular ends G of a U -sha-ped brake hanger G, are brake shoes G2 engaging the peripheral surface of the forward truck wheels B as clearly seen by reference to Figs. l and 3, the hanger G being mounted in bearings G3 upon the wheel truck E and having connecting bars H loosely connected to its angular extensions G and to the sido bars D of the swinging frame before described, it being noted that these latter connections as seen at H in Fig. 2, are at points rearwardly of the pivot bolts E of the lower frame so that when the handle B of the truck is released and elevated through the action of weight D2 as before described7 the brake members G2 will be drawn downwardly against the wheel peripheries at the same time, to simultaneously check further movement of the truck for 

